Garbage truck's load catches fire in Delaware Township

DELAWARE TWP. — The driver of a garbage truck making collections in the township, found that his cargo was smoking as he drove along the Locktown-Sergeantsville Road on Jan. 2 at 12:50 p.m.

Dale Burger of Washington, N.J., called his supervisor and was advised to drive to the township’s Department of Public Works yard. There he dumped out the burning trash, which was extinguished by the Sergeantsville Fire Company. Then it was reloaded into the truck and driven away.

Police say the best theory on the cause of the fire is that someone may have included embers when discarding ashes.